admin | August 8, 2020
The United States history taught to students does not inform nearly as well as it should, leaving gaps in knowledge open to be exploited by conspiracy theorists.
admin | August 8, 2020
Around one-third (36%) of American Jews say they have turned to prayer to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new Pew Research Center report.However, the percentage of Jews relying on prayer is more than twice as less than the 74% of Christians who did so.When broken down by sect: 78% of Protestants, 84% of Evangelicals, 65% of Mainline; 88% of Historically Black and 66% of Catholics have used prayer to cope.
admin | August 8, 2020
A new translation of a 350-year old memoir is showing an English-speaking audience how Europes Jews dealt with a deadly 17th century plague, including by social distancing. The memoirs of Glikl Hamel, a successful Jewish merchant, record how the plague took hold in Hamburg and Hanover shortly before the High Holy Days, with young children forced to quarantine from their parents
admin | August 8, 2020
The city's municipality building was lit up with an image of the Lebanese flag on Wednesday evening as a show of support for Beirut, which was heavily damaged by Tuesday's blast. "Humanity comes before any conflict, and our hearts are with the Lebanese people following this terrible disaster," Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai said in a statement. It has become a tradition in Tel Aviv to use the large frontage of the building to demonstrate solidarity with a city or a country that has suffered misfortune, whether man-made or otherwise
admin | August 8, 2020
Passengers wearing masks push trolleys at Ben-Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, May 14, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun. JNS.org Israels coronavirus cabinet decided on Wednesday night that the country will partially reopen its skies on Aug.
admin | August 8, 2020
In Israels 72-year history, it has had 22 IDF chiefs of staff, including the current one, Lt.-Gen.
admin | August 2, 2020
Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi has already rehabilitated one important Israeli institution in his career the battered IDF following the Second Lebanon War in 2006.
admin | August 2, 2020
Over the last three centuries, the Swiss Confederation, with its spectacular alpine beauty and prosperous economy, has attracted aspiring immigrants including many Jews. In the mid-1970s, I went to Zrich to study German in response to a job offer. It took me a while to adjust to this somewhat insular fortress nation with its stringent rules and high standards.
admin | July 31, 2020
Neither Jerusalem nor Washington is discussing extending Israels sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said on Wednesday.Asked on Army Radio if annexation is off the agenda, Ashkenazi responded: No one is talking about it, justifiably Not the Americans, either at the moment.Ashkenazi said he speaks to his US counterpart, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on a weekly basis.US President Donald Trumps peace plan would allow Israel to apply its laws to up to 30% of Judea and Samaria, including all settlements and the Jordan Valley. The rest of the West Bank would the designated for a Palestinian state, to be established along with a massive international aid package if the Palestinian Authority and Hamas meet certain conditions, including demilitarization and granting its people civil rights. Both Palestinian factions rejected the plan.Despite the topic of expanding Israeli sovereignty not coming up in almost a month, Ashkenazi added: I cant say for sure that it is off the agenda.If it comes back, without harming existing [peace] agreements and in dialogue with our neighbors you will hear our stance again, he said.Ashkenazi referred to July 1, the earliest date the coalition agreement between Blue and White and Likud would have allowed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring sovereignty moves to a vote: There was nothing holy about that date, other than the people of Israel and their security.Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney, however, said that he spoke about annexation plans with his Israeli counterpart and with Pompeo, Irish news site The Journal reported.We should do everything we can to discourage the annexation of land that is not Israeli land, Coveney said in the Irish parliament on Tuesday.
admin | July 31, 2020
(JTA) A construction firm in Uzbekistan is attempting to have a 124-year-old synagogue demolished to make way for a luxury apartment complex, according to a Russian-Jewish publication.
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